This month, we are featuring Ultimate X Poker – one of the most popular games found in casinos.

Ultimate X provides lots of fireworks! A bonus multiplier is awarded to each active hand ending in a winning combination. The value of the multiplier is determined by the pay schedule and is applied to any wins received on that hand in the next game. This makes Ultimate X Poker a game where each successive hand is almost guaranteed to be more exciting than the last!

Members earn 2X Players Club points for playing this month and can play Ultimate X right now by clicking here.

Our friends at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa - Reno have a free contest. The contest starts on January 7th and continues through January 16th and features Super Times Pay Poker.

This is your chance to win a luxurious VIP Getaway to one of Northern Nevada's Top Rated Resorts (#1 Reno Hotel on TripAdvisor!), as well as great prizes.

Click here to learn more or to enter the contest which begins on Monday, January 7th.

The 2018 Tournament of Champions is quickly approaching. Round One will begin on Monday, January 7th. 1,089 people qualified during 2018 and will be competing for a Las Vegas Dream Vacation valued at over $5,000!

Click here to see who has qualified and for information on how to qualify for next year’s tournament.

Congratulations to Bobbi, our latest iPad winner. Bobbi qualified with 157 contest sessions in December. We've also awarded GOLD memberships to 10 other random winners.

At the end of every month, we have a random drawing and award a brand new iPad Air to one lucky winner and GOLD memberships to 10 other winners. Each contest session you play during the month is a chance to earn an entry into the drawing, so the more sessions you play, the better your chance of winning!

Since all contests are now playable on mobile devices, Bobbi will be able to play on a brand new iPad!

It was New Years Eve 1999 and approaching midnight. I was playing with my wife at Caesars and I remember the talk was all about the Millenium and Y2K and if the machines were all going to go black at the turn of the century.

We were about to wrap up our play and head to a countdown celebration event when my wife goes and hits an annoying gonna-make-us-late hand pay (royal flush dollars). 15 minutes to midnight and she was nervous if the machines went out, would we get paid? Well, she got paid very quickly after only about 2 minutes. It was funny, the staff seemed nervous as well.

We ended up skipping the celebration party and grabbing a drink at the bar to watch the countdown. 3...2...1... and all was well. A wonderful way to start the next thousand years!

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